Capitol Hill woman allegedly spit in police officer's mouth

Published 10:15 pm, Monday, October 24, 2011

An episode of petty vandalism on Capitol Hill took a turn for the worse this weekend when police say a belligerent woman spit into an arresting officer's mouth.

Officer Daniel Auderer was driving on East Olive at Broadway on Saturday when he saw a woman push a city garbage can into Broadway, causing traffic to swerve around it.

When Auderer drove up next to the woman, she yelled "Cops, get out of here!" and began running northbound on Broadway, according to a police report.

Auderer drove parallel to her, rolled down his window and said, "Seattle Police, stop running, this is getting silly," according to the report.

Unfazed, the woman kept running until she ducked into a nearby entryway. Auderer followed her to the entryway, at which point she took off running again. Auderer soon caught up to the woman and tried to calm her down.

The woman screamed that she didn't do anything and continued to struggle, which led to Auderer placing her under arrest for obstructing a police officer.

While he was trying to get the woman under control and into custody, two men standing nearby began screaming at Auderer to let her go because she's a "good person."

Auderer said the men ignored his order to stand back and began approaching him aggressively.

With the men advancing, Auderer took a different approach and told them "You get back from me or I'm going to kick you in the nuts," according to the report.

After temporarily heeding his advice to stay back, the two men soon began screaming and walking toward Auderer again, which led to him taking out his baton and telling them "You come any closer and you're getting knocked out," according to the report.

Backup officers soon arrived on scene to help bring the woman into custody. As an officer was reading the woman her Miranda Rights, she allegedly said "Oh yeah, how about this!" and spit directly into his mouth.

The officers recoiled and began spitting onto the ground. He was then taken to Harborview Medical Center to get checked out.

Later, the woman told police she was sorry for spitting "in that dude's face," but she was still booked for investigation of assault. The same woman was arrested in August for allegedly assaulting another police officer, according to the police report.